Due Monday, 12/15/14 delta: Do all of the level 2 proofs from the packet you received in class (unfortunately, I don't have a file that I can put here on the wiki). epsilon: All of
Due Thursday, 12/11/14 delta: Take home proofs assessment revisions due today DURING CLASS (if you're choosing to do revisions). epsilon: (a) Take home proofs assessment revisions due today DURING CLASS (if you're choosing to do revisions). (b) Revise your triangle congruence statements from last Thursday's activities.
Due Wednesday, 12/10/14 delta & epsilon: (a) Do the patterns warm up. (b) All of
Due Tuesday, 12/9/14 delta: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON TRIANGLE FUNDAMENTALS (specifically: classifying them, solving for missing parts/angles, using the coordinate plane to prove triangle classifications, justifying statements about triangle properties). You will also need to be able to prove why the interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees. Also, do #16, 17, and 18 of
Due Monday, 12/8/14 epsilon: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON TRIANGLE FUNDAMENTALS (specifically: classifying them, solving for missing parts/angles, using the coordinate plane to prove triangle classifications, justifying statements about triangle properties). You will also need to be able to prove why the interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees. Also: (a) do #16, 17, and 18 of
. (basically: part 7...) epsilon: 1. Find m∠x in this diagram, given the fact that the largest triangle is isosceles.
2. Finish the problem from class: "In the diagram, △ABC and △ABD are reflections of each other through line segment AB. △ABC and △AEC are reflections of each other through line segment AC. If m∠α=46°, determine angles β, γ and δ."
and connect it to what you were trying to do to transform a figure back to itself. delta: Nothing major is due today. Just continue to work on your POW and prepare for next Wednesday's transformations assessment.
Due Tuesday, 11/4/14 delta: Short quiz today on transformations (basic ideas about the ones we've discussed, plus be able to perform transformations on an object). Use this attachment to get extra practice performing transformations -
delta: Be sure to finish the Pac Man activity by today. We'll be discussing it...
Due Friday, 10/31/14
epsilon: Short quiz today on transformations (basic ideas about the ones we've discussed, plus be able to perform transformations on an object). Use this attachment to get extra practice performing transformations -
Due Thursday, 10/30/14 epsilon: Work on take-home proofs assessment... delta: Work on take-home proofs assessment...
* * * END OF QUARTER 1. BEGIN QUARTER 2. * * *
Due Wednesday, 10/29/14 epsilon: Discuss another transformation where perpendicular bisectors were at play (and describe how they were important). Work on take-home proofs assessment... delta: Work on take-home proofs assessment...
. Also, answer these: (1) How do the Tetris pieces move? (2) How would the game change if you could add different moves--for example, expanding or shrinking shapes? Would the new moves make sense in the game? Would it make the game better?
. Also, answer these: (1) How do the Tetris pieces move? (2) How would the game change if you could add different moves--for example, expanding or shrinking shapes? Would the new moves make sense in the game? Would it make the game better?
Due Monday, 10/20/14 delta & epsilon: Work on angles puzzle mini-project!
. epsilon: Read & analyze the proof about supplementary angles + discuss how you could've written it differently AND complete the reasons for the 2nd proof from
Due Friday, 10/3/14 delta & epsilon: Final revisions of POW #1 due today. (delta - you don't have class today, so you'll have to drop it off in the delta turn-in basket in my room before the end of the day)
(Note: you were supposed to do #9 through #12 and #13a and #13b in class on Thursday, 9/18...)
Due Friday, 9/19/14 delta: We don't have class today, but PLEASE make sure you turn in your newly revised patterns write-up at some point today! (during morning or lunch break, or after / before school) epsilon: See assignments due Monday, 9/22.
Due Thursday, 9/18/14 epsilon: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON EQUATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES. delta: Nothing due today, but you should be working on your POW + doing revisions on your patterns formal write-up.
Due Wednesday, 9/17/14 delta: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON EQUATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES. epsilon: #13 of
. (Don't worry: I'm not expecting you to know / completely understand ALL of the content within it--but you should still try! Maybe even look up things you don't know.) After, write 3-4 sentences summarizing the following:
(1) Why is this a "proof"? What makes it a proof?
(2) How does the writer actually "prove" the PELST? Describe what he does.
(3) PELST is a theorem. Look up what a theorem is. Also, look up what a postulate is. Then, compare/contrast.
Due Friday, 9/5/14 epsilon: (a) Finish the investigation -
(b) Formal write-up of your pattern is due: one write-up must be of the patterns from "Fun with Patterns," and the other one MUST be about "Rings of Circles." See me if you need any help with your writing -- this assignment counts as your first assessment grade!
Due Thursday, 9/4/14
epsilon: (1) Complete the back side of the chart -
. (2) Look up a proof/reason why lines are parallel. It has something to do with what we discussed in class, but see if you can find a more formalized explanation! delta: Formal write-up of your pattern is due: one write-up must be of the patterns from "Fun with Patterns," and the other one MUST be about "Rings of Circles" --OR-- the intersecting lines pattern. See me if you need any help with your writing -- this assignment counts as your first assessment grade! + set #2 of
. epsilon: Please have the syllabus sign-off returned and completely filled out.
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Due Tuesday, 9/2/14 delta: Please have the syllabus sign-off returned and completely filled out.
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You should also be working on your patterns write-up!
Due Friday, 8/29/14 delta: Describe, in a formal way (as we did in class), the structure of the pattern you're writing about. Also, your math autobiography
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+ have all supplies! epsilon: Complete "Rings of Circles." Also,your math autobiography
, which you started in class. FOCUS ON CONNECTING YOUR Nth TERM METHODS/FORMULAS TO THE ACTUAL PATTERNS THEMSELVES. Those formulas LIVE inside the patterns!
Due Wednesday, 8/27/14 delta: (1) Re-explain/put in your own words the formula representation that Anna developed for the N-by-N window. (2) Pick one of the other representations that we had in class -- 2n^2 + 2n / 2n(n + 1) / n(2n + 2) -- and connect it to the actual window. epsilon: (1) Re-explain/put in your own words the formula representation that Saphire, Graham, and Ayinde developed for the N-by-N winwow. (2) Pick one of the other representations that we had in class -- 2n^2 + 2n / n(n + 1) + n(n + 1) -- and connect it to the actual window.
Due Tuesday, 8/26/14 delta & epsilon: Write up what you've got so far from the N-by-N window problem. If you get a formula, connect it back to the window (how does the formula "live" in the window or come from it?). If you can't get a formula, at least describe a method for figuring out the number of sticks in the different size windows AND write about everything you've tried so far. Don't give up!
Geometry Honors - delta & epsilon periods
Mr. Rodriguez
Room 213
arodriguez at latinpcs.org
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ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON THE INDICATED DATE. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Struggling with the work? Missing deadlines pretty often? See Rodriguez sooner rather than later so that you can get back on track!
EXPECTATIONS - KNOW THESE SO WELL THAT YOU CAN RECITE THEM IN YOUR SLEEP!
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PROBLEM OF THE WEEK (POW) DOCUMENTS
How to do your POW write-ups:
Policy for first drafts, final drafts, and revisions:
Grading rubric:
HOME ENJOYMENT:
Due Friday, 12/19/14
epsilon: Finish group POW write-up.
Due Thursday, 12/18/14
delta: Pick any 3 proofs from
epsilon: You're spared from home enjoyment.
Due Wednesday, 12/17/14
epsilon: Finish
delta: See HW due Thursday, 12/18.
Due Tuesday, 12/16/14
delta: #1 through #3 of
Due Monday, 12/15/14
delta: Do all of the level 2 proofs from the packet you received in class (unfortunately, I don't have a file that I can put here on the wiki).
epsilon: All of
Due Thursday, 12/11/14
delta: Take home proofs assessment revisions due today DURING CLASS (if you're choosing to do revisions).
epsilon: (a) Take home proofs assessment revisions due today DURING CLASS (if you're choosing to do revisions). (b) Revise your triangle congruence statements from last Thursday's activities.
Due Wednesday, 12/10/14
delta & epsilon: (a) Do the patterns warm up. (b) All of
Due Tuesday, 12/9/14
delta: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON TRIANGLE FUNDAMENTALS (specifically: classifying them, solving for missing parts/angles, using the coordinate plane to prove triangle classifications, justifying statements about triangle properties). You will also need to be able to prove why the interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees. Also, do #16, 17, and 18 of
Due Monday, 12/8/14
epsilon: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON TRIANGLE FUNDAMENTALS (specifically: classifying them, solving for missing parts/angles, using the coordinate plane to prove triangle classifications, justifying statements about triangle properties). You will also need to be able to prove why the interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees. Also: (a) do #16, 17, and 18 of
Due Thursday, 12/4/14
delta & epsilon: #11, 12, and 15 of
Due Wednesday, 12/3/14
delta & epsilon: #1 through #10 of
Due Monday, 11/24/14
delta: Finish
epsilon: 1. Find m∠x in this diagram, given the fact that the largest triangle is isosceles.
2. Finish the problem from class: "In the diagram, △ABC and △ABD are reflections of each other through line segment AB. △ABC and △AEC are reflections of each other through line segment AC. If m∠α=46°, determine angles β, γ and δ."
Due Friday, 11/21/14
epsilon: POW final due
Due Thursday, 11/20/14
epsilon: YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TODAY ON THE TRANSFORMATIONS UNIT.
delta: POW final due
Due Wednesday, 11/19/14
delta: YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TODAY ON THE TRANSFORMATIONS UNIT.
epsilon: Finish
Due Tuesday, 11/18/14
delta: #5 through 7, pt 6, of
Due Monday, 11/17/14
delta: Parts 4 and 5, and #1, 2, 3, 4 of pt 6, of
epsilon: Part 6, #1 through 5, of
Reminder for week of 11/10/14
YOU WILL HAVE A POP QUIZ ON COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK.
Due Friday, 11/14/14
epsilon: Part 5 of
Due Thursday, 11/13/14
epsilon: Check-in day for POW
delta: Nothing major is due today. Just continue to work on your POW and prepare for next Wednesday's transformations assessment.
Due Wednesday, 11/12/14
epsilon: (a) #1 and 2 of
delta: (a) Read and complete both of these:
Due Tuesday, 11/11/14
delta: #1, 2, 3a, 3b, 3c of
Due Monday, 11/10/14
delta: Sets 6d, 7, and 8 of
epsilon: Sets 7 and 8 of
Reminder for week of 11/10/14
YOU WILL HAVE A POP QUIZ ON COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK.
Due Friday, 11/7/14
epsilon: Sets 5 and 6 of
delta: Let me know POW topic / details - see link above.
Due Thursday, 11/6/14
epsilon: Sets 3 and 4 of
delta: (a) Finish the y = x and y = -x reflection investigation from
Due Wednesday, 11/5/14
delta & epsilon: All of
Due Tuesday, 11/4/14
delta: Short quiz today on transformations (basic ideas about the ones we've discussed, plus be able to perform transformations on an object). Use this attachment to get extra practice performing transformations -
Due Monday, 11/3/14
delta & epsilon: Take-home angle proofs assessment is due today. (This will count as the first major grade for Q2, so...) -
delta: Be sure to finish the Pac Man activity by today. We'll be discussing it...
Due Friday, 10/31/14
epsilon: Short quiz today on transformations (basic ideas about the ones we've discussed, plus be able to perform transformations on an object). Use this attachment to get extra practice performing transformations -
Due Thursday, 10/30/14
epsilon: Work on take-home proofs assessment...
delta: Work on take-home proofs assessment...
* * * END OF QUARTER 1. BEGIN QUARTER 2. * * *
Due Wednesday, 10/29/14
epsilon: Discuss another transformation where perpendicular bisectors were at play (and describe how they were important). Work on take-home proofs assessment...
delta: Work on take-home proofs assessment...
Due Tuesday, 10/28/14
delta: Finish all of
Due Monday, 10/27/14
delta: (a) #2 and #3 of
epsilon: (a) Finish
Due Friday, 10/24/14
epsilon: (a) #2 and #3 of
Due Thursday, 10/23/14
epsilon: Angles puzzle mini-project!
delta: The Tetris extra thinking questions.
Due Wednesday, 10/22/14
delta: Angles puzzle mini-project!
epsilon: All of
Due Tuesday, 10/21/14
delta: All of
Due Monday, 10/20/14
delta & epsilon: Work on angles puzzle mini-project!
Due Friday, 10/17/14
delta & epsilon: Turn in the first 4 bullet point statements from last page of proofs from
Due Thursday, 10/16/14
delta & epsilon: See due Friday, 10/17/14.
epsilon: POW #3 final draft pushed to today
Due Wednesday, 10/15/14
delta & epsilon: See due Friday, 10/17/14.
Due Tuesday, 10/14/14
delta & epsilon: POW #3 final draft + #7 and #8 from
Due Friday, 10/10/14
epsilon: #7 from
Due Thursday, 10/9/14
epsilon: YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TODAY ON ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS + POW #3 draft
Due Wednesday, 10/8/14
delta: YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TODAY ON ANGLE RELATIONSHIPS + POW #3 draft
epsilon: Read & analyze the proof about supplementary angles + discuss how you could've written it differently AND complete the reasons for the 2nd proof from
Due Tuesday, 10/7/14
delta: Write the proof on the last page of
Due Monday, 10/6/14
delta: (a) Do the 3rd angle puzzle from
epsilon: Work on POW +
Due Friday, 10/3/14
delta & epsilon: Final revisions of POW #1 due today. (delta - you don't have class today, so you'll have to drop it off in the delta turn-in basket in my room before the end of the day)
epsilon: (a) Set #2, #1 through #7 of
Due Thursday, 10/2/14
epsilon: (a) Finish set #1 of
delta: Set #2, #1 through #7 of
Due Wednesday, 10/1/14
epsilon: #1 through #3 of
delta: #4 through #15 of set #1 of
Due Tuesday, 9/30/14
delta: #1 through #3 of
Due Monday, 9/29/14
delta & epsilon: POW #2 final draft -
delta: Formal write-up of #14 of
epsilon: Finish
Due Thursday, 9/25/14
epsilon: POW #2 draft -
Due Wednesday, 9/24/14
delta: POW #2 draft -
Due Monday, 9/22/14
epsilon: Formal write-ups of (a) #14 a and b of
delta: Finish #13 and do all of #14 of
Due Friday, 9/19/14
delta: We don't have class today, but PLEASE make sure you turn in your newly revised patterns write-up at some point today! (during morning or lunch break, or after / before school)
epsilon: See assignments due Monday, 9/22.
Due Thursday, 9/18/14
epsilon: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON EQUATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES.
delta: Nothing due today, but you should be working on your POW + doing revisions on your patterns formal write-up.
Due Wednesday, 9/17/14
delta: ASSESSMENT TODAY ON EQUATIONS OF PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES.
epsilon: #13 of
Due Tuesday, 9/16/14
delta: #1 through #8 of
Due Monday, 9/15/14
delta & epsilon: POW final draft -
delta: All of
epsilon: #1 through #12 of
Due Friday, 9/12/14
epsilon: Finish all of
Due Thursday, 9/11/14
epsilon: POW first draft -
delta: Continue working on
Due Wednesday, 9/10/14
epsilon: Do #1 through #11 from set #1 of
delta: #1 through #11 from set #1 of
Due Tuesday, 9/9/14
delta: Do all of the "let's make it interesting" section, #1-9, from
Due Monday, 9/8/14
delta: Finish the investigation -
epsilon: Read through and make sense of the proof of the perpendicular line slope theorem -
Due Friday, 9/5/14
epsilon: (a) Finish the investigation -
Due Thursday, 9/4/14
epsilon: (1) Complete the back side of the chart -
delta: Formal write-up of your pattern is due: one write-up must be of the patterns from "Fun with Patterns," and the other one MUST be about "Rings of Circles" --OR-- the intersecting lines pattern. See me if you need any help with your writing -- this assignment counts as your first assessment grade! + set #2 of
Due Wednesday, 9/3/14
delta: Set #1 of
epsilon: Please have the syllabus sign-off returned and completely filled out.
Due Tuesday, 9/2/14
delta: Please have the syllabus sign-off returned and completely filled out.
Due Friday, 8/29/14
delta: Describe, in a formal way (as we did in class), the structure of the pattern you're writing about. Also, your math autobiography
epsilon: Complete "Rings of Circles." Also,your math autobiography
Due Thursday, 8/28/14
delta & epsilon: Finish
Due Wednesday, 8/27/14
delta: (1) Re-explain/put in your own words the formula representation that Anna developed for the N-by-N window. (2) Pick one of the other representations that we had in class -- 2n^2 + 2n / 2n(n + 1) / n(2n + 2) -- and connect it to the actual window.
epsilon: (1) Re-explain/put in your own words the formula representation that Saphire, Graham, and Ayinde developed for the N-by-N winwow. (2) Pick one of the other representations that we had in class -- 2n^2 + 2n / n(n + 1) + n(n + 1) -- and connect it to the actual window.
Due Tuesday, 8/26/14
delta & epsilon: Write up what you've got so far from the N-by-N window problem. If you get a formula, connect it back to the window (how does the formula "live" in the window or come from it?). If you can't get a formula, at least describe a method for figuring out the number of sticks in the different size windows AND write about everything you've tried so far. Don't give up!